UNFF 16 Concept Notes

• Monday 26 April 2021:UNFF16 High Level Round Table
• Monday 26 April 2021: Launch of the Flagship Publication
• Tuesday 27 April 2021: Panel discussion on Items 3(a) and 3(d) of the UNFF16 Provisional Agenda
• Tuesday 27 April 2021: Panel discussion on Items 3(a) and 3(c) of the UNFF16 Provisional Agenda

UNFF 16 Official Documents

• E/CN.18/2021/1 | Provisional Agenda and Annotations [Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish ]
• E/CN.18/2021/2 | Note by the Secretariat on the implementation of the United Nations strategic plan for forests 2017–2030: thematic priorities for the biennium 2021–2022; contributions of members of the Forum; interlinkages between the global forest goals and the Sustainable Development Goals under review by the high-level political forum on sustainable development in 2021; implementation of the communication and outreach strategy [Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish ]
• E/CN.18/2021/3 | Note by the Secretariat on Implementation of the United Nations strategic plan for forests 2017–2030: Contributions of and enhanced cooperation with partners towards achieving the thematic priorities of the sixteenth and seventeenth sessions of the Forum [Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish ]
• E/CN.18/2021/4 | Note by the Secretariat on means of implementation, including operations and resources of the Global Forest Financing Facilitation Network [Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish ]
• E/CN.18/2021/5 | Note by the Secretariat on Monitoring, assessment and reporting: progress on the implementation of the United Nations strategic plan for forests 2017–2030, including the United Nations forest instrument, and voluntary national contributions [Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish ]
• E/CN.18/2021/6 | Note by the Secretariat on the Trust fund for the United Nations Forum on Forests [Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish ]
• E/CN.18/2021/7 | Note by the Secretariat on the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on forests and the forest sector [Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish ]

Forests and Global crises| Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and forest fires

• Background paper on Impacts of disasters on forests, in particular forest fires

Initial Assessment of the Impact of COVID-19 on Sustainable Forest Management

• Co-Chairs Summary of the UNFF Expert Group Meeting on the Assessment of the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Sustainable Forest Management [pdf]
• African States [pdf]
• Asia-Pacific States [pdf]
• Canada and the USA [pdf]
• Eastern European States [pdf]
• Latin American and Caribbean States [pdf]
• Western European and other States [pdf]

Policy Briefs

• Financing sustainable forest management: a key component of sustainable COVID-19 recovery [pdf]
• Forests: at the heart of a green recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic [pdf]

CPF | Intersessional activities & contributions to UNFF16 thematic priorities

• CPF Strategic Vision towards 2030 [English | French | Spanish ]
• CPF Policy Document: [English | French | Spanish]
• CPF joint statement on COVID-19 [English | French | Spanish]
• CPF Work Plan 2021-2024> Full Workplan | Summary version

Major Groups | Intersessional activities & contributions to UNFF16 thematic priorities

• Progress in the Implementation of the UNSPF: Contribution of Major Groups to UNFF 16 & 17 Thematic Priorities [pdf]
• Other stakeholders – Brazilian Tree Industry (IBÁ) [pdf]

Regions | Intersessional activities & contributions to UNFF16 thematic priorities

Contributions to achieving the UNFF 16 & 17 thematic priorities (biennium 2021-2022)

• African Forest Forum (AFF) [pdf]
• Asia-Pacific Network for Sustainable Forest Management and Rehabilitation (APFNet) [pdf]
• Amazonian Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO) [pdf]
• International Network for Bamboo and Rattan (INBAR) [pdf]
• UNECE/FAO Forestry and Timber Section [pdf]

UNFF 15 outcome documents

• E/RES/2020/14 | ECOSOC Resolution 2020/14: Outcome of the fifteenth session of the United Nations Forum on Forests [Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish ]
• E/CN.18/2020/9 | Report of the 15th session of the UN Forum on Forests [ Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish